Brushless tools now at Lidl

[Pickwickpick]

Yes, incredible! Don’t think any other brand will match that. Brushless tools including 5.0 ah battery and charger with 5 year warranty and for little money.
If I hadn’t already got most cordless tools, I would buy all 3 of Lidl’s brushless tools. It also wouldn’t surprise me if they sell spare batteries that they will be cheap.

 

[Pickwickpick]

Yes, incredible! Don’t think any other brand will match that. Brushless tools including 5.0 ah battery and charger with 5 year warranty and for little money.
If I hadn’t already got most cordless tools, I would buy all 3 of Lidl’s brushless tools. It also wouldn’t surprise me if they sell spare batteries that they will be cheap.

Just bear in mind that their warranties normally have a DIY use only get out clause, would assume these do to.

 

[Best]

Just bear in mind that their warranties normally have a DIY use only get out clause, would assume these do to.

That is correct. Still shows a confidence in the product though to give 5 year warranty. Am sure it will say it won’t cover a lot of things though.
I don’t use most power tools on a daily basis, so they should last similar to what would be considered diy enthusiast use.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Yes, incredible! Don’t think any other brand will match that. Brushless tools including 5.0 ah battery and charger with 5 year warranty and for little money.
If I hadn’t already got most cordless tools, I would buy all 3 of Lidl’s brushless tools. It also wouldn’t surprise me if they sell spare batteries that they will be cheap.

As long as they are 5.0 ah

 

[Welder]

Yes, incredible! Don’t think any other brand will match that. Brushless tools including 5.0 ah battery and charger with 5 year warranty and for little money.
If I hadn’t already got most cordless tools, I would buy all 3 of Lidl’s brushless tools. It also wouldn’t surprise me if they sell spare batteries that they will be cheap.

Just demonstrates how we, once again, are being screwed by the brands... Bosch 3 years for only £300 - bargain!

 

[Best]

As long as they are 5.0 ah

I can’t confirm unless I see the actual batteries myself, but the leaflet says 5.0 ah.
Or are you thinking they might not have the ah that the batteries claim?

 

[Harvest Fields]

I can’t confirm unless I see the actual batteries myself, but the leaflet says 5.0 ah.
Or are you thinking they might not have the ah that the batteries claim?

You never know.

 

[Best]

You never know.

Too early to know. We are just going to have to buy a Lidl brushless tool and see how it performs.
I would ask you to be the guinea pig, but seems my Lidl region is first to get the tools on sale

 

[Best]

Had a look in my Lidl store today and the brushless combi drill has a 2.5 ah battery.
Combi has 60 Nm maximum torque.
All tools come in nice cases with metal locks.
Think drill has metal chuck, but I couldn’t open boxes because inside part sealed cardboard boxes.

The angle grinder and circular saw both come with 5.0 ah batteries.
Circular saw does not include saw blade, but only £4.99 for choice of blades.

I notice the impressive claimed % increase in power, run time, motor life, etc, is based on comparison with Parkside equivalent ordinary tools.

 

[leadpig]

don't be to swayed by the brushless hype, my brushed 6 piece lxt gear is 10 years old and still going strong not a problem with any of the tools.
after talking to two tool reps and the local service agent i was advised to keep my old kit if its still going, and the claims of 50% extra battery life is laughable

 

[gmartine]

I have plenty of tools that still perform very well with their brushed motors but my brushless gear is a superior tech for obvious reasons, why would tool reps that make their living selling tools tell you otherwise?

 

[Pickwickpick]

I have plenty of tools that still perform very well with their brushed motors but my brushless gear is a superior tech for obvious reasons, why would tool reps that make their living selling tools tell you otherwise?

My guess is the point they were making is that the improvements/performance gains are marginal and not sufficient to warrant chucking out gear that is still working.

 

[gmartine]

Perhaps in that case, still I think we (of a certain generation) forget how it used to be with batteries dying on their arse overnight or mid-job and drills with batteries as heavy as sledge hammers.

 

[HoodedClaw]

Bought a DeWalt 6 piece 11 years ago, only problem is the 2amp batteries draining fast, tried to get a couple of 'new' ones only to find they had been new in storage for 7 years, one failed fast. So limping along on 3 batteries now. Only the grinder rally chews them up. Otherwise, other than replacing a gear in the sds, and drill - oh and impact skips sometimes, they were an excellent investment!

 

[Dan]

Bought a DeWalt 6 piece 11 years ago, only problem is the 2amp batteries draining fast, tried to get a couple of 'new' ones only to find they had been new in storage for 7 years, one failed fast. So limping along on 3 batteries now. Only the grinder rally chews them up. Otherwise, other than replacing a gear in the sds, and drill - oh and impact skips sometimes, they were an excellent investment!

This brush is the same brush I've at for 20 years, it's had two new handles and....

(I'll get me coat)